MACKIE, John C., a Representative from Michigan; born in Toronto, Canada, June 1,
1920; immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1924 with his parents, who
settled in Detroit, Mich.; graduated from Southeastern High School, Detroit,
Mich., 1938; attended Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1938-1939; B.S.,
Michigan State University, 1942; LL.D., Michigan State University, 1965;
employed on airplane engine design in Detroit, 1942; United States Army Air
Corps, 1942-1945, served in the Pacific Theater until discharged as a first
lieutenant; employed by an engineering firm in the Flint area, 1946-1952;
organized the Flint Surveying &Engineering Co., 1952; Genesee County
surveyor, 1952-1956; elected State highway commissioner of Michigan, 1957 and
reelected in 1961 to a new four-year term; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966; business owner; died on March
5, 2008, in Warrenton, Va.